Chapter 537

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi tathā'nyāni tīrthāni kathitāni ca |
śaṃbhunā himavatputryai tānyapi kathayāmi te || 1 ||
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vāḍavāgnikṣepatīrthaṃ samudre vartate sadā |
tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta vahnivat pāvano bhavet || 2 ||
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padmakaṃ ca tato gacched vapanaṃ tatra kārayet |
hṛdi smaran somanāthaṃ keśāṃstatra viniḥkṣipet || 3 ||
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pāpāni keśasaṃsthāni vilīyante tathākṛte |
sabhartṛkā'ṅgulamātraṃ pṛṣṭhakeśān hi chedayet || 4 ||
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ācamanaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā snāyāt sāmudrake jale |
te'gniryoniriḍā deho retodhā'mṛtasya nābhiḥ || 5 ||
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tasmai te ratnagarbhāya namo'vagrahe te jale |
iti snātvā tilamiśrajalaiḥ pitṝṃśca tarpayet || 6 ||
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purā devairdīrghasatraṃ prārabdhaṃ ca prabhāsake |
sarvasvaṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ prabhāsavāsināṃ daduḥ || 7 ||
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dānaṃ devāstadā cāyan dvijā dūratarā api |
dakṣiṇādānavāñcchāśca tāvad devāḥ savāsavāḥ || 8 ||
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sarvasvadānato riktāḥ prārthanābhaṃgabhītitaḥ |
praṇaṣṭā brāhmaṇān dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇāścānuvavrajuḥ || 9 ||
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surāḥ samudramāviśyodare tatra vyavasthitāḥ |
samudro mūrtimān bhūtvā satkārārthaṃ taṭasthitaḥ || 10 ||
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kṛtrimaṃ bhojanaṃ ramyaṃ viprebhyo matsyamiśritam |
dadau ca brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bubhujuḥ svarṇabhājane || 11 ||
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na vyajānan guptamāṃsaṃ bhakṣitaṃ ceti vai tataḥ |
pūrvamākāśagantāro hyāsaṃste brāhmaṇāḥ khalu || 12 ||
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bhojanottaramevaite patitāḥ sahasā bhuvi |
savismayāḥ samūcuste kimatra kāraṇaṃ bhavet || 13 ||
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tatraiko yogavṛttyā ca jñātavān vāridheḥ kriyām |
vañcitā iti vai jñātvā śepurviprāstu vāridhim || 14 ||
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tvayopaguptamasmākaṃ māṃsamannena saṃyutam |
dattaṃ vai bhojane tasmādaspṛśyo bhava sarvadā || 15 ||
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tato varṣasahasraṃ tu aspṛśyo'bhūttu vāridhiḥ |
tato duḥkhena cātmānaṃ śoṣayāmāsa vai jalam || 16 ||
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sthalākāro'bhavad yāvad devā yayuḥ pitāmaham |
sāmudrajalayogena vṛṣṭyā sasyāni bhūtale || 17 ||
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jāyante ca prajāḥ sarvāḥ puṣyanti tena sarvathā |
samudrasya jalaṃ rakṣa yathā śoṣaṃ na gacchati || 18 ||
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iti te prārthayāṃcakrurbrahmā śrutvā taṭaṃ yayau |
aspṛśyatāvāraṇārthaṃ prārthayāmāsa bhūsurān || 19 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ pratigṛhṇantu ratnāni vāridhestathā |
vāridhiṃ śāpamuktaṃ ca prakurvantu kṣamāyutāḥ || 20 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ prārthayāmāsurbrahmāṇaṃ tvaṃ tathā kuru |
brahmā prāha tadā'bdhiṃ ca tridhā medhyo bhaviṣyasi || 21 ||
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parvakāleṣu ca nadīsaṃgameṣu tathā sadā |
taṭatīrtheṣu medhyastvaṃ sparśasnānaprado bhava || 22 ||
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pūjyaśca sarvadā tatrā'nyatrāpi devapūjane |
abhiṣeke tava vāri sadā medhyaṃ bhavediti || 23 ||
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evamaspṛśyatānāśaṃ cakrire brāhmaṇādayaḥ |
ratnāni jagṛhuḥ sarve prayayurnijaketanam || 24 ||
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tataḥ snāsyati yaḥ samyak sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi |
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpsyati cātra saḥ || 25 ||
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śrīsomeśasamudrasyā''ntare ye tu mṛtā janāḥ |
pāpino'pi gamiṣyanti svargaṃ nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ || 26 ||
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evaṃ vai sajalastvabdhiḥ pavitratvaṃ purā gataḥ |
someśādākṛtasmaraṃ kṣetraṃ sāgarasannidhau || 27 ||
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koṭitīrthamayaṃ sarvaṃ svargamokṣapradaṃ param |
evaṃ snātvā somanāthaṃ gacched draṣṭuṃ vratī tataḥ || 28 ||
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snāpayitvā vidhānena japettu śatarudrikām |
snāpayetpayasā dadhnā ghṛtena madhunā'pi ca || 29 ||
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ikṣurasena ca tataḥ kuṃkumena vilepayet |
karpūrośīramiśreṇa mṛganābhiyutena ca || 30 ||
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candanena sugandhena dhūpairdīpaistathā'mbaraiḥ |
naivedyaistarpayitvā taṃ nīrājayennamettathā || 31 ||
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stutimaṣṭāṃganatyādi gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nartanam |
pradakṣiṇaṃ kathāṃ kuryācchṛṇuyātpārameśvarīm || 32 ||
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vipratapasvidīnāndhakṛpaṇebhyo dadet dhanam |
bhojanaṃ svambaraṃ cāpi dāpayet bhāvayet vratī || 33 ||
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evaṃ someśvaratīrthaॆ yaḥ karoti vidhānataḥ |
dhanāḍhyaḥ saptajanmāni tataḥ kailāsamāvrajet || 34 ||
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sāndhyamārārtrikaṃ kuryāttasya mokṣo bhaved dhruvam |
atha lakṣmi pañcanadyastīrthaṃ tatra tu mokṣadam || 35 ||
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hariṇī brahmiṇī nyaṃkuḥ kapilā ca sarasvatī |
prabhāse saṃvartate vai pañcasrotā sarasvatī || 36 ||
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śṛṇu lakṣmi purā sā'tra yathā''gatā sarasvatī |
purā cendrādayo jitvā daityān pṛthvīṃ samāgatāḥ || 37 ||
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dadhīcerāśramaṃ dṛṣṭvā dadṛśurdadhīcimṛṣim |
āyudhāni vimucyā'gre rakṣemānīti vai daduḥ || 38 ||
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deyāni syuḥ punastāni śatrubhiryadi no raṇaḥ |
muktvā'strāṇi yayuḥ svargaṃ śatavarṣottaram ṛṣiḥ || 39 ||
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jalena ca sahā'strāṇi pītvā yayau himālayam |
pippaladrumamadhye saḥ cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ || 40 ||
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tato devaiḥ samāgatyā'strāṇyarthitāni sarvaśaḥ |
dadhīciḥ prāha dehe me'sthirūpāṇi vasanti vai || 41 ||
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golokād gāḥ samānīya karkaśajihvikādibhiḥ |
nandāṃ subhadrāṃ surabhiṃ suśīlāṃ sumanāṃ tathā || 42 ||
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ājñāpayantu me'sthnāṃ saṃprāptyarthaṃ lehane tu tāḥ |
devā evaṃprakāreṇa prāpurasthīni vai tataḥ || 43 ||
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devaspṛṣṭāstu tā gāvaḥ śuddhāḥ pūjyā yathāsthitāḥ |
mukhamekaṃ paraṃ tāsāṃ na spṛṣṭaṃ raktalepitam || 44 ||
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asthnāmastrāṇi kṛtvaiva devā niryayurambaram |
dadhīcestu subhadrāyāṃ jāto bālaḥ suplakṣakaḥ || 45 ||
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uvāca mātaraṃ kvāsti pitā me janani tataḥ |
sā prāha nidhanaṃ prāpto devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye || 46 ||
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bālaścacāra ca tapo himācale tataḥ khalu |
tasya ūroḥ samutpannā ūruryā vaḍavābhidhā || 47 ||
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sāpi tejomayī jātā tejo'pi niḥsṛtaṃ bahiḥ |
aurvo'yaṃ vāḍavo'gnistadvanaṃ dadāha dāruṇaḥ || 48 ||
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devāḥ sarasvatīṃ prāhurdevi hyenaṃ praśāmaya |
sarasvatī tu taṃ nītvā bālarūpaṃ prabhāsake || 49 ||
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samāgatya pracikṣepa samudre vaḍavānalam |
kumārikākarabālo bubhuje lavaṇodakam || 50 ||
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pupoṣa tatra vai tiṣṭhannādyāpyabdhiṃ pramuñcati |
yatra tāpo'bhavattasyāḥ kṣaṇaṃ sā'dṛśyatāṃ gatā || 51 ||
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punaḥ śītā samāgṛhya nayati sameti bhūtale |
naikasthaleṣu guptā sā naikasthāneṣu gocarā || 52 ||
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evaṃ kṛtvā yayau cābdhiṃ nikṣipyovāsa vai ciram |
prācī sarasvatī sā tu prabhāse vartate sadā || 53 ||
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tatra vai ṛṣayaścāsaṃścatvāro viṣṇusadṛśāḥ |
hiraṇyaścātha vajraśca nyaṃkuḥ kapila ityapi || 54 ||
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pṛthakpṛthaksamāhūtāḥ snānārthaṃ taiḥ sarasvatī |
sāgaro'pi tadā tasyāḥ sammukhaḥ sahasā sthitaḥ || 55 ||
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ṛṣīṇāṃ sevanārthaṃ sā pañcarūpā babhūva ha |
hariṇī vajriṇī nyaṃkvī kāpilī sāgarī tathā || 56 ||
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pañcāpi pāpahantryastāḥ pāvanyaḥ pāpināṃ sadā |
māṃsamadyastainyanārībhogadoṣādināśinī || 57 ||
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kṛtasmaro rodhakartā dagdho'dristena vahninā |
śvetopalāstu tā jātā rāsanyaḥ saudhakārikāḥ || 58 ||
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cākṣuṣasyā'ntare vahnirdādhīco vāḍavānalaḥ |
vaivasvatāntare aurvo bhārgavo vaḍavānalaḥ || 59 ||
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śaṃkarasya lalāṭāgniryaḥ sa evā'yamucyate |
tīrthe cātra sarasvatyā gūheśvaraṃ sutīrthakam || 60 ||
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āmardakīnadīyoge saṃgameśvaratīrthakam |
govatsakaṃ tathā tīrthaṃ jhillītīrthaṃ paraṃ śubham || 61 ||
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kūṣmāṇḍasya muneḥ sthānaṃ kūṣmāṇḍeśvarasaṃjñitam |
kṛṣṇanārāyaṇastatra samāgatya sarasvatīm || 62 ||
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svāgataṃ kārayāmāsa kūṣmāṇḍamuninā tadā |
śramaṃ ca nāśayāmāsa vāḍavānalabhārajam || 63 ||
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tāpaṃ ca śamayāmāsa svakarasparśamātrataḥ |
kumārī sā'rthayāmāsaikākinyā ca mayā prabho || 64 ||
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kanyayā cātra vai kathaṃ vastavyaṃ rakṣakaṃ vinā |
pātā rakṣayitā nāsti mama cātra vane hare || 65 ||
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tasmāt pātā mama tvatra bhava tvaṃ puruṣottama |
yadvā kuṃkumavāpyāṃ vā cāśvapaṭṭasarovare || 66 ||
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tava gṛhe samāgatya tatra tiṣṭhāmi pādayoḥ |
ityuktvā'śrāvilanetrā kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ prati || 67 ||
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dīneva cā'pyanātheva kṣaṇaṃ jātā kumārikā |
tataḥ śrīmatkṛṣṇanārāyaṇastāṃ gṛhya pāṇinā || 68 ||
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śokaṃ vai dūrayāmāsa sā'pi kṛṣṇanarāyaṇam |
kaṇṭhalagnā'bhavat sādhvī vavre nārāyaṇaṃ patim || 69 ||
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sumanomālikāṃ kṛṣṇakaṇṭhe dadau sarasvatī |
anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇo jagrāha bhāvataḥ || 70 ||
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sanāthāṃ tāṃ tathā kṛtvovācā'tra tvaṃ sthirā bhava |
nadīrūpeṇa deveśi lokoddhārasya hetave || 71 ||
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sarasvatī tadā prāha nāthā'haṃ svāminaṃ vinā |
sthātuṃ śakyā kathaṃ tasmāttvamatra mokṣado vasa || 72 ||
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ityuktaḥ śrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaḥ śrībhagavān svayam |
sarasvatīpatiḥ sākṣāt pippalasya drumo'bhavat || 73 ||
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akṣayaḥ pippalavṛkṣo vartate yatra sā priyā |
mūle saṃgaṃ samāsādya nityaṃ tvāste sarasvatī || 74 ||
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yatrā'haṃ kṛṣṇarūpeṇa lakṣmi layaṃ gataḥ sadā |
vartāmyeva na jānanti janā māṃ netragocaram || 75 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ sarvadā mokṣaṃ tatra karomi piṇḍataḥ |
lakṣmīḥ sadā ca mūle me tvāste'pavādamantarā || 76 ||
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atha kālāntare cāha naikasāhasrayoṣitām |
pariṇītānāṃ ca patirlayaṃ yāsyāmi tatsthale || 77 ||
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evamuktvā satīṃ patnīṃ jalarūpāṃ vidhāya ca |
dvitīyaṃ yuvatīrūpaṃ saha nītvā mama priyam || 78 ||
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navoḍhāsahitaścāhaṃ tvaśvapaṭṭasarovaram |
mamā''layaṃ hyagamaṃ ca vasāmi tu tayā saha || 79 ||
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tatra sarasvatī devī sadā''ste caraṇe mama |
lokānāṃ vacane cāpi jayadā hi virājate || 80 ||
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evameṣā brahmaṇastu putrī satyanivāsinī |
kumārī haimaśailasthā kurukṣetre samāgatā || 81 ||
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bhadrāvarte puṣkare ca śrīsthale siddhabhūtale |
pāñcāle'śvapaṭṭasarovare svarṇapure tathā || 82 ||
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raivate ca prabhāse ca tathā bahusthale punaḥ |
kālabhedena bhaktānāmupāsanabalena ca || 83 ||
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prayāgādau tathā tīrthottamādau daivakāryataḥ |
prasaṃgena gatā seyaṃ prabhāse ca mama priyā || 84 ||
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svarganiḥśreṇisaṃbhūtā prācī sarasvatī satī |
vartate jīvakalyāṇakarī mama vacaḥsthitā || 85 ||
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devāste na manuṣyāste nadī tisraḥ pibanti ye |
candrabhāgāṃ ca gaṃgāṃ ca tathā devīṃ sarasvatīm || 86 ||
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yamunāṃ ca gaṇḍakīṃ ca svarṇarekhāṃ ca vā nadīm |
yathā kāmadughā gāvaḥ sarvakālaphalapradāḥ || 87 ||
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cintāmaṇisamāstisro nadyastāḥ kāmapūrikāḥ |
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrdhvaretasām || 88 ||
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yatra sthitāni tīrthe vai tasmāt kimadhikaṃ bhavet |
nārāyaṇena sahito naro loke yugāntare || 89 ||
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kalyavatārarūpasya tathā tatsahayāyinām |
saṃhartā doṣanāśārthaṃ snāsyatyatra punaḥ punaḥ || 90 ||
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prācī sarasvatī doṣān hatyājān kṣālayatyapi |
trirātropoṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā snātavyaṃ doṣaśāntaye || 91 ||
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sarasvatyuttare tīre tanuṃ tyaktvā prayāti vai |
brahmalokaṃ śāśvataṃ sa hyapunarbhavamārakam || 92 ||
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śrāddhakartuścaikaviṃśatikuloddharaṇaṃ bhavet |
yaṃ yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya prāṇaprayāṇamāpyate || 93 ||
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sa tadbhāvasamāyukto yātā bhavati mānavaḥ |
purā nāmnā'bhavad rājā bṛhadratha iti śrutaḥ || 94 ||
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tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī nāmnā tvindumatī satī |
ekadā tadgṛhaṃ prāptaḥ ṛṣiḥ kaṇva iti śrutaḥ || 95 ||
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rājā tatsvāgataṃ cakre papraccha kuśalādikam |
tato dharmakathāṃ cakre sa ṛṣirnṛpasannidhau || 96 ||
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indumatī ṛṣiṃ natvā papraccha prāgbhavaṃ svakam |
rājyaṃ saukhyaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ devopamaḥ patirmama || 97 ||
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sukhaṃ mānyaṃ ca sampattiḥ kasya prāptaṃ phalaṃ mayā |
kaṇvaḥ prāha śṛṇuḥ rājñi mā roṣaṃ kuru māṃ prati || 98 ||
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tvamāsīranyadehe tu hyābhīrī śīlavarjitā |
saurāṣṭraviṣaye yātā snātuṃ prabhāsake tadā || 99 ||
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tvayā hastāt kaṃkaṇaṃ ca hemnastatrārpitaṃ śubham |
tīrthe mahātmyamājñāya brāhmaṇānāṃ mukhāttataḥ || 100 ||
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tena puṇyena dāśārṇanṛpateḥ kanyakā bhuvi |
bṛhadrathena voḍhā'si rājñī jātā'si cottamā || 101 ||
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iti prabhāsamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā sā punareva ca |
tīrthaṃ kṛtvā samudre ca kaṃkaṇaṃ prākṣipat punaḥ || 102 ||
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tato devī svargavāsā kalpāyuṣkā'bhavacchubhā |
ityevaṃ lakṣmi māhātmyaṃ prabhāsābdhijalasya vai || 103 ||
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bhuktimuktipradaṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇena yojitam |
śaṃkaraḥ pārvatī sarvāḥ kathāḥ prāha punaḥ punaḥ || 104 ||
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pārvatī kaṃkaṇaṃ tatra dadau cābdhau tu kānakam |
śaṃkaro'bhūt prasannaśca devyo'pi tāni saṃdaduḥ || 105 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne vahnitīrthaṃ samudrapāvitryaṃ dadhīcaplakṣakavaḍavānalasarasvatīvṛttāntam pañcasrotomayīsarasvatī pippaladrumakūṣmāṇḍatīrthaṃ samudre kaṃkaṇadānenā''bhīryā rājñītvaṃ dānamahimā cetyādinirūpaṇanāmā saptatriṃśadadhikapañcaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 537 ||
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